Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

Dorset County.

Inside the Scamander family home.

"This really is Nagini?" Newt looked at the miniature snake lying unconscious in front of him.

"Yes, I've checked, it is indeed Nagini. She was subdued by one of my students and then shrunk to her current size using Transfiguration," Dumbledore nodded.

Newt looked at a piece of dark green scale in his hand, the very one Dumbledore had picked up in the sewer.

Based on his years of research on magical creatures, he could fully imagine how enormous a snake with such a large scale must be.

But now, such a large snake had been made so small by Transfiguration.

"Your student is quite remarkable... I thought you had done it yourself," Newt said with admiration.

"My student is somewhat special, we won't discuss that for now. Right now, we should think about how to place her," Dumbledore looked at Nagini with concern.

"Nagini is a Maledictus, although she has completely transformed into an animal... we can't just leave her alone," Newt raised his head, his gaze firm.

Dumbledore nodded, but then added, "The Transfiguration that shrunk her might not last long... are you sure you can handle it?"

The shrunken Nagini poses no threat, but once the Transfiguration wears off and she returns to her original size, she will become extremely dangerous.

Newt said, "Let's try to wake her up first. I need to see what her personality is like now, and then come up with a plan... Don't worry, I have a lot of experience in dealing with dangerous magical creatures."

Suddenly, Nagini on the table stirred.

Newt quickly asked, "Has the Transfiguration worn off?"

Dumbledore looked at her and said, "No, it should be the Stupefy spell I added later that has worn off."

At this moment, Nagini on the table had fully awakened.

She raised her snake head, looked at her body in confusion, and then looked around at the surroundings.

Upon seeing Newt and Dumbledore, she suddenly became agitated.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

"She seems to be saying something to us..." Newt turned to Dumbledore excitedly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Nagini is now in a conscious state!"

Dumbledore nodded, "I can understand some of it, she says she is conscious now... Yes, I once learned some Parseltongue out of curiosity."

"You are truly knowledgeable, Professor," Newt said admiringly. "Uh, what is she saying now?"

Although Newt is a master of magical creatures, he can usually guess what they want to express based on their actions or calls.

But he still can't accurately translate what animals are saying.

Dumbledore listened to Nagini's voice again, then turned and took a piece of parchment and a bottle of ink, and placed them in front of Nagini.

After seeing the ink, Nagini directly dipped her tail into the ink bottle and began to write crookedly on the parchment.

After a moment, a hint of surprise appeared on the faces of both Dumbledore and Newt.

"You mean, you can stay conscious if you maintain your current state?" Dumbledore asked.

Nagini flicked her tongue and nodded slowly. Then she continued to write on the paper with her tail.

"As the body of the beast weakens, so does the soul of the beast, so your consciousness as a human has gained the upper hand? Hiss... Even weakening the soul together, does Transfiguration have this effect?" Newt looked at Dumbledore in surprise.

Dumbledore fell into deep thought. As a master of Transfiguration, he naturally knew very well that ordinary Transfiguration could not achieve this level, nor could it affect the soul.

That is to say... this is a characteristic of ancient magic?

Lide used ancient magic to cast the Transfiguration to shrink Nagini to this extent.

Otherwise, even if Lide was a genius in Transfiguration, he would not have been able to successfully make Nagini so small.

That is to say, if Transfiguration enhanced by ancient magic is used on people or animals, it can greatly weaken all their attributes, including physical and soul attributes.

The situation of the Maledictus Nagini is actually equivalent to having two souls in one body, one is her soul as a human, and the other is the beast soul produced by the curse.

As she gets older, the beast soul becomes stronger and stronger. When the beast soul is stronger than the human soul, Nagini will not be able to turn back into a human.

And now, Lide directly gave her a Transfiguration spell of ancient magic when Nagini's beast soul was still in control of her body.

This Transfiguration spell weakened her physical attributes while also weakening the soul attributes of the beast soul that was in control of her body at the time. As a result, the human soul, which had always been at a disadvantage, temporarily became stronger than the beast soul. Therefore, Nagini can be conscious in this form.

Having figured all this out, a smile finally appeared on Dumbledore's face.

"Perhaps, we have finally found a way to temporarily curb the onset of the Maledictus curse..."

Newt asked in confusion, "Just by Transfiguration?"

"No, ordinary Transfiguration may not work," Dumbledore smiled.

"Is there non-ordinary Transfiguration?"

"Yes... very non-ordinary! Alright, I'll explain this to you later. Now that we've found a way, I'll take Nagini away first," Dumbledore stood up.

Newt nodded, "Okay, just write to me later. Now, saving people is the priority."

Dumbledore nodded, then picked up the cage and opened the door, "Please come in first, I have found a way to help you temporarily curb the Maledictus curse."

Nagini nodded happily and slowly crawled into the cage.

Dumbledore closed the cage door and was about to leave when suddenly an owl flew in through the window.

The owl landed on the table, looked at Dumbledore, and dropped the letter it was holding in its mouth in front of him.

Without exception, one first one sent one inside one content one at one look!

Dumbledore picked up the letter and immediately saw Lide's familiar handwriting.

A smile appeared on Dumbledore's face, and he immediately opened the letter and read it.

"Ah... so you want to see the information, and you also want to know the name of that senior..."

Dumbledore stopped halfway through his words, and the smile on his face suddenly turned into surprise and uncertainty!

...

The Hog's Head Pub.

Lide put down his quill, picked up the parchment, blew the ink dry, and then gently tapped the parchment with his wand.

The next second, the parchment turned into a butterfly. The butterfly flew up, circled Lide's head, and then flew out of the window, towards the attic...

Tom lay on the bed, and after seeing Lide's fancy Transfiguration, he turned his head away in disdain.

But this turn of his head, the movement was too violent, and it involved the injury on his body, making him grin in pain.

Facts have proved that when your strength is insufficient, desperately fighting with Lide will cost you.

Now, not only is he sore all over, but he is also forbidden from reading any spell books for a day...

This wave is really a blood loss!

Tom could only lie quietly on the bed, summarizing his failed experiences, and then imagining how he could defeat Lide...

After a while, a paper crane folded from parchment flew down from the attic and landed in front of Lide, then automatically opened.

A line of words was written on the paper.

【I will keep it a secret for you, also, thank you for saving me, and also saving Nagini... By the way, very beautiful Transfiguration! — Aurelius.】

Lide happily burned the note, and then turned to look at Tom.

"After reflecting for so long, do you know what you did wrong?"

"I know..." Tom said unwillingly.

"What did you do wrong?"

"You're bullying people too much!" Tom couldn't help it again.

"A servant can't refute the master's words..."

Just as Lide continued to bully Tom, suddenly, a long-lost voice sounded in his mind.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully preventing Nagini from falling into evil, allowing people who would have died in Nagini's mouth in the future to escape!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 5000 merit points!"

Lide:?

In this article, the description of Nagini's Maledictus state is purely the author's second setting. Please spray lightly if you have any opinions...